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Psychometric Analysis of Child Outcome Measures with American Indian and Alaska Native Preschoolers: Initial Evidence from AI/AN FACES 2015: Lizabeth Malone, Sara Bernstein, Sally Atkins-Burnett and Yange Xue
Partnering with Schools and Providers to Expand Health Insurance Coverage to Low-Income Families: Holly Stockdale, Embry Howell and Ian Hill
The Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting: Lara K. Hulsey, Robert G. Wood and Anu Rangarajan
Pre-Design Study for the Evaluation of Recovery Act Green Jobs, Health Care, and Other High Growth Competitive Grants: Karen Needels and Annalisa Mastri
Measurement of Childhood Serious Emotional Disturbance: State of the Science and Issues for Consideration: Heather Ringeisen, Leyla Stambaugh, Cecilia Casanueva, Beth Stroul, Jerry West, Jonaki Bose, Sarra Hedden, Gary Blau, Shelli Avenevoli, Lisa Colpe, Kathleen Merikangas, Glorisa Canino, Alice Carter, William E. Copeland, Prudence W. Fisher, Joan Kaufman and William Narrow
Patterns of Older Americans' Health Care Utilization Over Time: Richard J. Manski, John F. Moeller, Haiyan Chen, Jody Schimmel, Patricia A. St. Clair and John Pepper
Comprehensive Reform for 21st Century Success: New Directions for Community Colleges: Nan L. Maxwell Ann E. Person and Editors
The Characteristics and Motivations of Participants in the Self-Employment Training Demonstration: Caroline Massad Francis, Irma Perez-Johnson, Samia Amin and Mary Anne Anderson
Expanding Coverage for Children: The Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative: Christopher Trenholm
Partners HealthCare ACO and the Three-Day Rule Waiver: Implementation Approach and Lessons Learned: Sonya Streeter
An Exploration of Instructional Practices that Foster Language Development and Comprehension: Evidence from Prekindergarten through Grade 3 in Title I Schools: Hanley Chiang, Elias Walsh, Timothy Shanahan, Claudia Gentile, Alyssa Maccarone, Tiffany Waits, Barbara Carlson and Samuel Rikoon
Minnesota Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) Project Demonstration: Final Evaluation Report: Purvi Sevak, Matthew Kehn, Todd Honeycutt and Gina Livermore
Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities: Bonnie O'Day, Crystal Blyler, Benjamin Fischer, Claire Gill, Todd Honeycutt, Rebecca Kleinman, Joseph Mastrianni, Eric Morris, Lisa Schottenfeld, Allison Thompkins, Allison Wishon-Siegwarth and Michelle Bailey
Using Health Text Messages to Improve Consumer Health Knowledge, Behaviors, and Outcomes: An Environmental Scan: Mathematica Policy Research and Public Health Institute
Early Head Start Children in Grade 5: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Study Sample: Cheri A. Vogel, Yange Xue, Emily M. Moiduddin, Barbara Lepidus Carlson and Ellen Eliason Kisker
Teacher Turnover and Access to Effective Teachers in the School District of Philadelphia, Study Snapshot: Erin Dillon and Steven Malick
State of Georgia. Improving Medicaid Participation for Pregnant Women and Children: Strategies and Challenges: Kathleen A. Maloy
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Adult Education Programs: Findings from Recent Research: Mary T. Moore and Tim Silva
W2 Converting to Wisconsin Works: Where Did Families Go When AFDC Ended in Milwaukee?: Rebecca Swartz, Jacqueline Kauff, Lucia Nixon, Tom Fraker, Jay Hein and Susan Mitchell
Supporting Parents with Child Care During Training: Nickie Fung, Jessica Harding, Elizabeth Brown, Kara Conroy, Jeanette Holdbrook, Grace Roemer and Max Rankin
An Examination of the Maternal Health Quality of Care Landscape in India: So O'Neil, Katie Naeve and Rajani Ved
The Early Experience of the Health Quality Partners Case Management Program: Nancy Archibald and Jennifer Schore
The Enhanced Home Visiting Pilot Project: How Early Head Start Programs Are Reaching Out to Kith and Kin Caregivers: Diane Paulsell, Debra Mekos, Patricia Del Grosso, Patti Banghart and RenÃ©e Nogales
Quality Reporting on Medicare's Compare Sites: Lessons Learned from Consumer Research, 2001-2014: Margaret Gerteis, Cicely Thomas, Lauren Blatt, Sally Crelia, Alyson Marano Ward, Kelly Moriarty, Monica Sarmiento, Myra Tanamor and Russ Tisinger
Thinking Through Evaluation Design Options: Barbara Devaney and Peter Rossi
How Do Parents Evaluate and Select Schools? Evidence From a Survey Experiment: Shira Haderlein
A Study of Work Participation and Full Engagement Strategies: Jacqueline Kauff, Michelle K. Derr and LaDonna Pavetti
Addressing the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Through School-Based Interventions: What Has Been Done and Where Do We Go from Here?: Karen E. Peterson and Mary Kay Fox
Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: 30-Month Impact Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs, Technical Supplement: Dana Rotz, Paul Burkander, Mary Grider, Kenneth Fortson, Linda Molinari, Elias Sanchez-Eppler and Lindsay Cattell
Adapting Evaluations of Alternative Payment Models to a Changing Environment: Thomas W. Grannemann and Randall S. Brown
Nutritional Quality of Congregate and Home-Delivered Meals Offered in the Title III-C Nutrition Services Program: An Examination Utilizing the Healthy Eating Index Tool: Katherine Niland, Mary Kay Fox and Elizabeth Gearan
Selecting Policy Indicators and Developing Simulation Models for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs: Lisa Dragoset and Anne Gordon
A Life Lesson in Civics: How Democracy Prep Charter Schools Boost Student Voting: Brian P. Gill, Charles Tilley, Emilyn Whitesell, Mariel Finucane, Liz Potamites and Sean Corcoran
Working with Out-of-School Youth from Minority Backgrounds: What CILs Offer and What They Value: Stacie Feldman, Purvi Sevak and Mira Wang
The Multiple Comparisons Problem in IES Impact Evaluations: Guidelines and Applications: Peter Z. Schochet and John Deke
Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: Findings from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership (Stated Briefly): Moira McCullough, Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang, Brian Gill and Irina Cheban
Early Home Learning Environment Predicts Childrenâ€™s 5th Grade Academic Skills: Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Rufan Luo, Karen E. McFadden, Eileen T. Bandel and Claire Vallotton
Leading the Way: Characteristics and Early Experiences of Selected Early Head Start Programs. Volume I: Cross-Site Perspectives: Ellen Eliason Kisker, John M. Love, Helen Raikes, Kimberly Boller, Diane Paulsell, Linda Rosenberg, Kathleen Coolahan and Lisa J. Berlin
Food Stamp Program Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Interim Report on Elderly Participation Patterns: Scott Cody
WIC-Medicaid II Feasibility Study: Final Report Appendices: Keith Kranker, Mary Kay Fox, Nora Paxton and Jessica Galin
Improving the Connectedness of Long-Term Care Providers: Cross Site Report: Beth Stevens, Bridget Lavin and Valerie Cheh
Reaching Those in Need: State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2011: Karen E. Cunnyngham
Logics of Freedom: Debating Religious Freedom Laws and Gay and Lesbian Rights: Emily Kazyak, Kelsy Burke and Mathew Stange
Massachusetts Health Care Cost Trends: Trends in Health Expenditures: Deborah Chollet
The Role of Goal Setting in Integrated Service Delivery: Mary Anne Anderson, Lindsay Ochoa, Margaret Sullivan and Nan Maxwell
Paying More Wisely: Effects of Payment Reforms on Evidence-Based Clinical Decision-Making: Timothy K. Lake, Eugene C. Rich, Christal Stone Valenzano and Myles M. Maxfield
Massachusetts Homeless Triage Assessment: James Mabli and Hande Inanc
Unexpected Arrivals: The Spillover Effects of Mid-Year Entry on Stable Student Achievement in New York City: Emilyn Ruble Whitesell, Leanna Stiefel and Amy Schwartz
Aligning Federal Performance Indicators Across Programs Promoting Self-Sufficiency: Local Perspectives: Elizabeth Brown, Kara Conroy and Gretchen G. Kirby
Rigorous Evaluation of Roads to Success: Design Report: Duncan Chaplin, Martha Bleeker and Claire Smither
Proposed Criteria for Selecting the WIC Food Packages: A Preliminary Report of the Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages: Prepared by the Food Nutrition Board
The Struggle to Sustain Employment: The Effectiveness of the Postemployment Services Demonstration: Anu Rangarajan and Tim Novak
Maternal and Child Characteristics Associated with Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices: Kristy Hendricks, Ronette Briefel, Timothy Novak and Paula Ziegler
Selecting and Testing Measures of Self-Regulation Skills Among Low-Income Populations: Tim Kautz and Quinn Moore
Trends in Food Stamp Program Participation Rates: 2000 to 2006: Kari Wolkwitz
Evaluating Early Childhood Assessments: A Differential Analysis: Samuel J and Meisels Sally Atkins-Burnett
Emerging Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Managed Care: Marsha Gold, Jessica Nysenbaum and Sonya Streeter
PREP Performance Indicators: Youth Participantsâ€™ Characteristics and Outcomes: Lara Hulsey, Susan Zief and Lauren Murphy
Reopening Schools Safely: New Evidence on Mitigating COVID-19 Spread: Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic
Effects of Water Quality, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Development in Rural Kenya (WASH Benefits Kenya): A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial: Christine P. Stewart, Patricia Kariger, Lia Fernald, Amy J. Pickering, Charles D. Arnold, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan E. Hubbard, Holly N. Dentz, Audrie Lin, Theodora J. Meerkerk, Erin Milner, Jenna Swarthout, John M. Colford, Jr. and Clair Null
Medicare Advantage in Rural Areas: Experience Under the MMA: Marsha Gold
Charter Schools and the Public Interest: Philip Gleason and Helen Ladd
Congressionally Mandated Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Site Visit Report: The State of Illinois KidCare Program: Amy Westpfahl Lutzky and Heidi Kapustka
Practice Characteristics of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Physicians: Peter I. Buerhaus, Catherine M. DesRoches, Robert Dittus and Karen Donelan
Wash For Life: Stage 2 Grantee Profiles: Clair Null, Jeremy Paley, Jamie McCasland, Jeremy Brecher-Haimson and Christina Phelps
Medicare Advantage 2015 Spotlight: Enrollment Market Update: Gretchen Jacobson, Anthony Damico, Tricia Neuman and Marsha Gold
QRS Profile: Mississippi Quality Step System: Kimberly Boller and Kathryn Tout
School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Volume 3: School Meal Costs and Revenues (Summary): Christopher W. Logan, Vinh Tran, Maria Boyle, Ayesha Enver, Matthew Zeidenberg and Michele Mendelson
The Business Case for Pediatric Asthma Quality Improvement in Low-Income Populations: Examining a Provider-Based Pay-for-Reporting Intervention: Kristin L. Reiter, Kristin Andrews Lemos, Charlotte E. Williams, Dominick Esposito and Sandra B. Greene
Improving the Rigor of Quasi-Experimental Impact Evaluations: Lessons for Teen Pregnancy Prevention Researchers: Brian Goesling and Joanne Lee
Direct Certification in the National School Lunch Program: State Implementation Progress School Year 2010-2011: Quinn Moore, Kevin Conway and Brandon Kyler
Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE) Evaluation: Interim Services and Impact Report (Executive Summary): Arif Mamun, Ankita Patnaik, Michael Levere, Gina Livermore, Todd Honeycutt, Jacqueline Kauff, Karen Katz, AnnaMaria McCutcheon, Joseph Mastrianni and Brittney Gionfriddo
AAPOR Report on Big Data: Task Force Members Include: Lilli Japec, Frauke Kreuter, Marcus Berg, Paul Biemer, Paul Decker, Cliff Lampe, Julia Lane, Cathy O'Neil and Abe Usher
The Atlanta Public Schools Turnaround Strategy After One Year: High Impact Tutoring and the Purpose Built Schools Partnership: Kristin Hallgren, Naihobe Gonzalez, Jane Choi, Kevin Kelly, Annie Li, Lindsay Ochoa, Breanna Wakar and Brian Gill
The Transitional Employment Training Demonstration: Analysis of Program Impacts: Craig Thornton and Paul Decker
Best Practices in Ensuring Data Quality in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS): Sarah Friese, Kathryn Tout and Gretchen Kirby
A Framework for Selecting Employment Interventions to Benefit Youth: Todd Honeycutt and Michael Levere
Easing the Burden of Caregiving: The Impact of Consumer Direction of Primary Informal Caregivers in Arkansas (Journal Article): Leslie Foster, Randall Brown, Barbara Phillips and Barbara Lepidus Carlson
Options for Building Coaching Practices into TANF Programs: A Comparison of Five Models: Michelle Derr and Kristen Joyce
Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from the Baseline and First Follow-Up Surveys: Janice Ballou, Tom Barton, David DesRoches, Frank Potter, E.J. Reedy, Alicia Robb, Scott Shane and Zhanyun Zhao
Usage of Policies and Practices Promoted by Race to the Top: Lisa Dragoset, Susanne James-Burdumy, Kristin Hallgren, Irma Perez-Johnson, Mariesa Herrmann, Christina Tuttle, Megan Hague Angus, Rebecca Herman, Matthew Murray, Corutney Tanenbaum and Cheryl Graczewski
Using Advanced Analytics to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes for Children and Families: Elizabeth Weigensberg
Background Paper for Assessing the Evaluability of the HHS Strategic Plan to End Chronic Homelessness: Valerie Cheh and Rachel Shapiro
Money Follows the Person: Change in Participant Experience During the First Year of Community Living: Samuel E. Simon and Matthew R. Hodges
Disparities in the Healthfulness of School Food Environments and the Nutritional Quality of School Lunches: Sarah Bardin, Liana Washburn and Elizabeth Gearan
Bridging the Gap: A Comparative Assessment of Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Practices with Transition-Age Youth: Todd Honeycutt, Maura Bardos and Stephaine McLeod
The SSDI Trust Fund: New Solutions to an Old Problem: David Stapleton and David Wittenburg
Collective Action in Games as in Life: Experimental Evidence from Canal Cleaning in Haiti: Abbie Turiansky
A Study of Federal Spending on Diabetes: An Opportunity for Federal Leadership in Diabetes: Marsha Gold and Ronette Briefel
The Benefits and Costs of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program Under the 2002 Amendments: Sarah Dolfin and Peter Z. Schochet
Comparative Case Study Analysis of Five Clinical Practice Guidelines in Anesthesiology: Ruchir Karmali, Noa Sager and Anna Christensen
A Vision for Research on Universal Preschool: Background, Purpose, and Goals of the Los Angeles Universal Preschool Program and Its Evaluation: Katie Fallin, Michael L. LÃ³pez, Patricia Lozano, Christine Ong and Jessica Brauner
Providing Public Workforce Services to Job Seekers: Implementation Findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs: Ronald D'Amico, Kate Dunham, Verenice Chavoya-Perez, Deborah Kogan, Melissa Mack, Marian Negoita, Anne Paprocki, Sheena McConnell and Linda Rosenberg
Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2013 (Summary): Kelsey Farson Gray
How Retailers Responded to Taxes on Sweetened Beverages: A Tale of Two Cities: Jeanette Holdbrook, Dana Petersen, David Jones and David Frisvold
Measuring Teacher Effectiveness in Memphis: Eric Isenberg
Child Participation in Supplemental Security Income: Cross- and Within-State Determinants of Caseload Growth: Lucie Schmidt and Purvi Sevak
Empirical Bayes Shrinkage Estimates of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2005-2007 for All Eligible People and the Working Poor: Karen E. Cunnyngham, Laura A. Castner and Allen L. Schirm
Migration Patterns for Medicaid Enrollees: 2005-2007: David K. Baugh and Shinu Verghese
Measuring Physical Environments of Parks and Playgrounds: EAPRS Instrument Development and Inter-Rater Reliability: Brian E. Saelens, Lawrence D. Frank, Christopher Auffrey, Robert C. Whitaker, Hillary L. Burdette and Natalie Colabianchi

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